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TSSA industrial action to take place in Great Britain for 24 hours from noon on 26 SeptemberRail union leaders have said they are “looking for support” from Labour MPs on the picket line as they announced a nationwide 24-hour strike next month timed to coincide with the party’s autumn conference.Thousands of members of the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) who work for Network Rail...

Walkout planned for Wednesday after weekend talks with publisher Reach result in stalemateJournalists at newspapers including the Daily Mirror and Daily Express could go on strike this Wednesday, after talks with the publisher, Reach, over the weekend failed to resolve a stalemate over pay.Reach journalists last week called off industrial action at the 11th hour, averting a strike scheduled for Friday, after the company...

Tory leadership candidate criticised by campaigners after reports her team have met energy firmsPolitics live – latest updatesLiz Truss will sign off on a push for more oil drilling in the North Sea if she wins the Conservative leadership election, according to reports, drawing criticism from environmental campaigners.Amid mounting public dismay about soaring energy bills, Truss’s policy advisers are thought to be discussing proposals...

Warning raises prospect of continued rationing, as Total boss says Europe has to plan for future without Russian suppliesGas shortages across Europe are likely to last for several winters to come, the chief executive of Shell has said, raising the prospect of continued energy rationing as governments across the continent push to develop alternative supplies.Cuts to the supply of Russian gas since the invasion...

Greens call for immediate pay rises for minimum wage earners; 86 Covid deaths reported. This blog is now closedShaquille O’Neal meets with PM in support of Indigenous voice to parliamentGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastThe minister for employment and workplace relations, Tony Burke spoke to Channel Nine this morning, saying there is “a lot” government can do to...

Ivy owner Richard Caring wins council permission to close part of Onslow Square, a busy ambulance and bus route, for two weeksRichard Caring, the billionaire owner of the celebrity hotspot restaurant the Ivy and private members’ club Annabel’s, has won permission to close a main road in South Kensington, central London, in order to have dozens of trees planted in the grounds of his...

Work to begin in coming weeks in move that emphasises ties between Viktor Orbán and Vladimir PutinHungary has announced that the €12.5bn (£10.6bn) construction of two nuclear reactors by Russia’s Rosatom will begin in the coming weeks after regulators approved the project.The war in Ukraine has not deterred Hungary’s interest in the project to add to the four reactors already operating at the Paks...

The idea that prices might stay high for at least the next year was not factored into official economic forecastsOfgem raises energy price cap by 80% to £3,549 from OctoberWhat is the energy price cap and could I end up paying more?The phoney war is over and the real struggle for the economy is about to begin. That’s the brutal reality facing the UK...

Calculations made for the Guardian based on Ofgem and ONS figures are ‘truly terrifying’Some of Britain’s poorest families will see as much as 47% of their entire household budget swallowed up by energy costs this autumn, figures produced for the Guardian show.The calculations were done by investment platform Interactive Investor on Friday morning, moments after the new energy price cap announcement, and are based...

Experts raise concerns over emissions and say rate of gas flaring at Portovaya plant is unprecedentedRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesRussia is burning off large amounts of natural gas that it previously would have exported to Germany while energy costs soar in Europe, the BBC has reported.According to BBC News, which cited an analysis by Rystad Energy, a plant near Russia’s border with Finland is burning...

More than 85 workers heavily involved in organizing at coffee chain dismissed in recent months, says Starbucks Workers UnitedMore than 85 workers at Starbucks who were heavily involved in union organizing efforts at giant coffee chain have been fired over the past several months, according to the workers group Starbucks Workers United.Workers have filed numerous unfair labor practice charges over the firings and a...

Ren Zhengfei writes in leaked memo that ‘chill will be felt by everyone’ and company must focus on survivalThe founder of Huawei has delivered a stark warning for the tech company’s future, sparking alarm with the frankness of his assessment and what it signals for smaller businesses amid China’s economic troubles and a global downturn.In a leaked internal memo, Ren Zhengfei told Huawei staff...

Ofgem says company will refund and compensate 11,275 customers after it sent them the wrong ratesShell has agreed to pay half a million pounds for overcharging thousands of prepayment meter customers on default tariffs over the past three years.The energy giant’s consumer arm, Shell Energy Retail, will refund and compensate 11,275 customers after it discovered that it had sent the wrong rates to users’...

Filings cover period ex-chancellor worked for controversial clients including Saudi government The former chancellor Philip Hammond’s private consultancy has generated almost £1m in profits while working for controversial clients including the government of Saudi Arabia, company filings suggest.Accounts filed this month suggest the Conservative peer has built a lucrative business since leaving government in 2019 providing “advisory services” to an array of private sector...

Sally McManus says industry-level bargaining across workplaces essential to address Australia’s wages crisisGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastUnions must be allowed to strike pay deals covering multiple workplaces to help increase wages, the head of the labour movement has demanded ahead of next week’s jobs summit.Unions have nominated multi-employer pay deals as their top priority for the summit,...

Boss of ScottishPower puts price tag on industry plan to freeze bills for two yearsThe energy industry’s favoured plan to shield Britain’s households from the soaring cost of energy will cost more than £100bn over two years, according to the boss of one of the UK’s largest power operators.Keith Anderson is chief executive of ScottishPower, one of the big six energy suppliers, which alongside...

Airport says it will not extend restraints beyond end of month, as it reveals first-half profit of £50.6mGatwick airport has said it is back to “business as usual” and will not need to extend its capacity restraints beyond the end of the month.The company said normal operations have resumed following months of strain on airports and airlines across Europe amid a surge in demand...

Drill, which involves deciding which customers would have to cut gas use in a crisis, will run for four days instead of twoThe National Grid has doubled the length of its annual emergency gas shortage drill from two to four days as the energy industry braces for supplies to potentially run out over the winter.Gas prices have rocketed in recent months amid the recovery...

Entrepreneur prompted government investigation in May after raising stake in UK telecoms company to 18% The billionaire Patrick Drahi will not be forced to cut his stake in BT after the UK government ruled the investment did not pose any national security implications.The entrepreneur, who moved to France as a teenager and holds Israeli, French and Portuguese citizenships, is BT’s biggest shareholder and has...

Chain, which accumulated £4bn debt in pandemic, says cinemas would stay open and staff be unaffectedBusiness live updates: Cineworld mulls US bankruptcy filingCineworld has confirmed it is considering filing for bankruptcy in the US after accumulating £4bn in debt during the coronavirus pandemic but assured moviegoers and staff that its cinemas would continue operating even as it tries to restructure its balance sheet.The world’s...

Growers’ recovery from floods boosts vegetable availability at supermarkets with prices to ease further into spring and summerFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastThe price of lettuce has finally dropped at major supermarkets from soaring highs of $11.99 to a modest $2.50, as vegetable stocks return following months of supply...

Group responds to CEO’s memo calling for ‘in-person collaboration’ at least three days a weekApple employees have hit back at the tech company’s return-to-office orders, and launched a petition saying the firm risked stifling diversity and staff wellbeing by restricting their ability to work remotely.The petition is in response to an all-employee memo from the Apple chief executive, Tim Cook, who last week said...

Civil suit centering on what was argued to be defective roofs came after couple killed when vehicle rolled overThe American automaker Ford Motor Co has promised to appeal a $1.7bn verdict leveled against it in connection with a pickup truck crash that killed a Georgia couple, a manufacturer representative said Sunday.Jurors in Gwinnett county, just north-east of Atlanta, returned the verdict late last week...

Memo to staff says that new healthcare policy will also offer ‘travel support’ for workers seeking abortionsThe US’s largest private employer, Walmart, is expanding its abortion coverage for employees after staying largely mum on the issue following the supreme court ruling that in June scrapped a nationwide right to abortion.In a memo sent to employees Friday, the retail giant said its healthcare plans will...